The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-15

wen mere. Where can / get some buckwheat seed?
IVe ITO miles south of Montgomery.
Neither of the grasses sent have any value
ana are not worth cultiyatmg. Would recon-
mend Tor your locality tall meadow oat and
Hchroedeniesque grass. The last is sometimes
o"iieo rescue grass and is grown rather ex-
tehslyely IN Louisiana and some parts eff Tex
as lou can get the seed from any large
eealeF III agricultural seeds. You NAV find
address OF some in advertising columns of pa
pers published in the larger cities. You
might get the same parties to procure buck
wheat seed for you. They are grown only in
eiie mountainous regions of the south, and sell
aom md their way to southern markets. 1t
ID 100 iate TO plant them now. Buckwheat is
summer plant.
!, l. +. H.. Cconee, Ca; Please tell me the proper
Time 70 take up ruta baga turnips; also how to keen
tleH through the winter. Some of my neighbols
say 'hey are easily hurt by cold; others say they
VIII stand without injury, hard freeze
hutaoagas will stand light rrfrosts, but not
hard freezes; will be injured whenever the
temperature falls much below 80 degrees. As
q RUE they may be safely left out till towards
inc last OF November, but not later in middle
georgia. They keep better if stored away
after settled cool weather. 1t is desirable.
whist waiting, it is we'll to dirt up the roots
by throwing furrow against them from each
slde with turn plow, taking care not to cover
tne tops. This may be done about the 10th of
November. The roots of rutabagas stand I'D
out of the ground more than those of most
varieties, and suffer in consequence. The va
rleties that pass through the winter safely, like
the seven top, form their tubers
entirely under ground. Early in
December it is best as q rule to take turnips
up Cut off the tops, leaving about an inch of
the stems attached, and put them in banks
like sweet potatoes; cover lightly, only enough
to keep from freezing. If wrapped up too
warm the bud begins to grow, and the quality
OF the root is injured.
II. r. s., Tohopeka, Ala. l wish to put up one
ton OF acid phosphate with cotton seed, lot and
stable manure, and add potash to it, My land is old
gray land and river bottoms, sandy
LIST. Would the potash check a tendency to rust?
3D. Would you use the "murate of potash" or the
German kainit|,
81 Give the amounts of each to be used to the
ton; also prices so can take my choice
4th. Give directions when and how to prepare
eacn for application to compost
l. A good deal of testimony has been pub
lished, showing that potash especially in form
OF kainit, tends to ward off rust in cotton. 1t
cannot be said, however, to be infallible. Still,
if planting land liable to rust. we should not
hesitate to Try it. Its good effects are much
increased by the presence of full supply of
humus in the soil. Old land is very apt to be
deficient in this substance, and unless you
supply yours literally with it, you cannot con-
fdently rely on any remedy. You are wise in
making compost for such land.
2. Would use the kainlt, rather than the
muriate, because the former not only supplies
potash, but also common salt and salts of mag
nesia. The potash i'll kainit is in the form of
sulphate, which is better adapted to cotton
than the muriate.
3. The muriate contains about four times as
much potash as the kainit, and the price is
also about four times as great. Kainit brings
about $15 per ton, the muriate about $50.
Cannot give exact quotations. To ton of
acid phosphate it is customary to add a half
ton of kainit; $50 pounds of the muriate would
be an equivalent.
4. The length of time a compost heap should
stand before it is applied to the land varies
with nature of land. In clay soils decomposi-
tion goes on more slowly than in sandy, be-
cause the air does not penetrate the former SO
readily on account of its close texture. Clay
and three months is not too long for it to stand
after being put up. Sandy lands permit de-
composition to proceed more rapidly,
and composts for them need not stand
longer than six weeks. Would advise the use
of all the lot manure you can spare. Proceed
as follows: Mix lot and stable manure and
cotton seed together as intimately as possible
lot manure any quantity available, stable
manurn 30 bushels, cotton seed 30 bushels, tt at
this rate. Spread these amounts out and seat
rer over them two hundred pounds Of acid phos-
phate. Dissolve one hundred pounds of kainit
In water enough to wet the seed and manure
thoroughly and sprinkle it over them. Then
put another layer of manure, seed and phos-
phate as above and sprinkle again with kainit
dissolved as before, and continue till all the
materials are used up. Put the compost in
pen, and pack it we'll as it is being put up.
Cover when finished with rich dirt to a depth
of six inches. If the mass is four feet high, a
shelter is not indispensable; if two feet or I'M
der in thickness, it is. When ready to haul
out cut compost down clear through from top.
to bottom so as to mix all layers together.
LDI, Peeksyille, Henry County, Ga: We de-
sire cheap machine for crushing cotton seed and
hard lumTs of stable manure. Where can it be
bought and at what cost
Do not think you viii find machine which
will do both the things you mention. Cotton
seed are crushed by passing them between iron
rollers running very near together; stable ma
nure by passing it between revolving cylinders
some distance apart with spikes projecting
from EACH We believe there is cotton seed
crusher manufactured somewhere in Alabama;
do not remember where.
c. r. c., Washington, Ga; How will acid
phosphate do on old thin gray land for wheat
and oats: how much should be applied per
acre! A part of land was planted in corn and
part in cotton this year. The corn land has a
crop of crab grass on it
BY itself, acid phosphate would not produce
very marked results on old poor land. Such
lands are very deficient in nitrogen, hence
heterogeneous manures, like cotton seed, suit
them admirably. Then cotton seed contain
phosphoric acid and potash, about two per cent
of each, and these doubtless contribute to good